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Deadly Rocket Attack

Ray Turner - | Story: 6787
  • On the eve of Iraq's landmark elections, a rocket attack hit the U.S. Embassy inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, killing a U.S. military member and a civilian, U.S. military officials said.

    The attack came just after Iraqi officials urged voters to ignore the escalating violence and defy the insurgency by voting on Sunday.

    Earlier Saturday, at least eight people -- three Iraqi soldiers and five Iraqi civilians -- died in two bombings at the Joint Coordination Center, a U.S.-Iraqi military coordination facility in Khanaqin, a Kurdish town about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Baquba near the Iranian border, authorities said. Seven other people were wounded in that incident.

    In another attack on Saturday by insurgents, a roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier in western Baghdad, according to a military news release.Full story
  • At least 14 people died and another 15 were hurt as police clashed with rioting tribesmen in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, a government official said. The casualties occurred when police tried to stop a protest march that had turned violent, said Gen. Hatim Al Wasilah.Full story
  • A 13-year-old girl became the latest victim to die from avian flu in Vietnam, bringing the human toll to 11 in the last month, an official said Saturday. The girl from southern Dong Thap province died Friday night at Pediatric Hospital Number 1 in Ho Chi Minh City, a hospital doctor said on condition of anonymity. Her 35-year-old mother died from avian flu Jan. 21, after the two of them slaughtered a duck, said Nguyen Ngoc An, director of Dong Thap's Preventive Medicine Centre.Full story

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